Pie cutter



March 1929- M. T. MILES ET AL PIE CUTTER Original Filed Aug. 31, 1926 Mile 5 E EMU E 5 I awe-0410,1

Patented Mar. 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,706,934 PATENT OFFICE.

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PIE CUTTER.

Original application filed August 31, 1926, Serial No. 132,790. Divided and this application filed October 7, 1927. Serial No. 224,693.

This invention is a cutter for dividing a pie while it is in the baking pan, the present application being a division of an application. filed by us August 3], 1926, Serial No.

132,790. The object of the invention is to provide a cutter of novel construction which may be easily manipulated to divide an entire pie into equal sections.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the cutter.

Figure 2 is a sectionalelevation showing the cutter within a pan.

lliigure 3 is a sectional plan view of the hub portion of the cutter.

Figure 4 is a detail plan view of the lower washer forming a part of the cutter.

Uur apparatus provides a cutter by the use of which a pie may be cut into shoes of equal size before being removed from the 2 pan, and this cutter comprises a central handle 14 and radial knives or blades 15. The

. knives are provided in such number and in such angular relation that they may be placed over the pie and then by being pushed downwardly through the pie will divide the same into slices. The several blades 15 have vertical inner end edges which may be brought close together at the center of the pan and their outer edges are inclined, as to shown at 16, so that they may fit directly against the rim of the pan. The lower edge of the blade is, of course, the cutting edge and the upper edge portion is rolled to form a tubular head 17 which receives a light rod 3.5 18 supported by the handle member and extending radially therefrom. The inner end of each rod 18 is formed into an eye 19 which is adapted to lit around a pin or stud en aged through an opening 21 provided there or in a a lower washer or clamping plate 22. In the upper surface of this lower clamping plate we provide recesses 23 which have circular portions formed about the opening 21 and radial portions leading outwardly from said circular portions through the edge of the plate, as clearly shown in Figure 4. The eyes 19will fit within the circular portions of these recesses and the adjacent portions of the rods will fit within the radial portions of the same so that lateral movement of the rods relative to the Washer or clamping plate will be prevented. The pins or studs are constructed-with heads 24 of greater diameter than the pins so that, when the parts are easily grasped by the hand of the user, the

rotating engagen'lent of the said handle with the screw causing the handle to ride downwardly onv the screw and cause the upper clamping plate 27 to bear upon the pins or studs so that the rods 18 of the cutterwill be firmly secured by and between the two clamping plates, and it is to be noted that the inner upper corners of the several blades 15 are provided with notches or reccsses 28 whereby to accommodate the several securing elements.

llt is general practice to divide a pie into six pieces and ordinarily, therefore, the cutter will have six blades but, of course, the number of blades is immaterial. If it be desired to divide a pie into three equal parts, this may be done by merely removing the alternate cutting blades and if it be desired to divide the pie into halves, all the knives except any two which are in alinement may be removed. The removal of the cutting blades does not necessitate disassembling ot' the handle and clamping elements inasmuch as the blades to be removed may be merely slipped endwise from the supporting rods 18 on which they are mounted, the tubular beads .17 permitting such removal, although fitting upon the rods sufliciently close to prevent accidental dislodgment during handling of the cutter.

Having thus described the invention, what with radial grooves in its upper surface, supcutting blades carried by and depending porting arms fitting in said grooves and exfrom the radial arms.

tendinfi outwardly from the plate, headed In testimony whereof we afiix our signa- 10 studs ted through the inner ends of the tures. 5 said arms and the clamping plate, an upper clamping plate resting upon the said studs, MILO T. MILES. [L. s.]

means for binding the plates together, and GRACE B. MILES. 8.] 

